Ginger Smith
Ballet

Ginger has joined Scottsdale School of Ballet as a teacher this year. She began her training at the School of Ballet Arizona
under the direction of Kee-Juan Han and graduated from the Arizona School for the Arts as a Salutatorian. She competed and was
a finalist in the 2002 Prix De Lausanne. She Joined Boston Ballet for their 2002-2003 season, dancing in Balanchine’s Ballo della Regina
Ashton’s La Fille mal gardee, and Rudi van Dantzig’s Romeo and Juliet. She then joined Ballet de Flanders under the direction of
Robert Denvers where she danced La Bayadere and The Nutcracker.

A member of Ballet Arizona since 2004, she has originated roles in many of the ballets by Ib Andersen and has performed as principal
in Bournonville's Flower Festival in Genzano, Konservatoriet, Twyla Tharp’s The Golden Section and Balanchine's Rubies.
Other the principal roles include "Giselle" in Giselle, and as "Kitri" in Don Quixote.